What can be said about Australian beaches. They're long stretches of golden and white sand hit upon by a little surf and sea, and pulled hither with the tide. A flush of a wave collapses the sand under your feet as the deep ocean pulls the shoreline back to its bosom. Baby oil and tan lines, Life Savers and Shark Watch. Beaches in Australia are beautiful, expansive and dangerously alluring. Rips and tides claim too many souls every year, but life without beach in Australia, just wouldn't be a life at all. In the off season, the beaches are left to the sea gulls and sand joggers, with the smell of the washed up seaweed set to air by a bracing wind. In summer, it's the smell of coconut oil and the sound of children playing in the ‘shallows'. Fish and Chips is the favourite seaside fare and soft-serve ice-cream from the van, always goes down well on a hot Summer day. Seaside huts colour the beachline in rainbow vibrancy and pseudo surfies wax their boards while they wait for the perfect wave that can only be found on an ocean beach, not here, bayside.